| Douglas, Dave Quintet / Be Still |
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| Album: | Be Still | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Douglas, Dave Quintet | Added: | Nov 2012 | |
| Label: | Greenleaf Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2013-04-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 17 | Mar 10 | Mar 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 16, 2019: | Music Casserole Middle March | 4. | May 22, 2015: | Rebop Whither Must I Wander? | |
| 2. | Jan 15, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Be Still My Soul | 5. | Apr 19, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum: Track 6 Going Somewhere With You | |
| 3. | Apr 29, 2016: | Rebop Whither Must I Wander? | 6. | Apr 04, 2013: | No Cover, No Minimum Middle March |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2013-02-21 | ||
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HYMNS SET TO JAZZ. An unusual & remarkable record from trumpeter, composer, bandleader Dave Douglas. Douglas played these Protestant hymns at his mother Emily’s memorial service then recorded them for this album. A single soprano voice sings these lovely songs, backed by Douglas’s band comprising trumpet, tenor sax, & rhythm. No FCC issues. 1 ** Mid-slow. Vocal is a bit pop, but soulful & pretty. A long instrumental bridge is elegant & restrained. There’s a particularly good solo on tenor sax. (5:01) 2 * Mid-fast. Country-gospel sound; tenor sax plays the fiddle part. Kinda fun. (2:37) 3 * Slow. A benediction. Lullaby-pretty singing. Trumpet is graceful, moving. (5:00) 4 Traditional folk ballad slowed to funeral march tempo. (4:22) 5 ** Mid-tempo w swing. Best straight-ahead jazz number. Xmas carol-like melody. (3:44) 6 * Mid-tempo instrumental. Starts melancholy, but picks up and becomes bright & uplifting. Trumpet leads most of the way. (5:24) 7 * Mid-slow instrumental. More modern sounding than most. Dedicated in the notes to Paul Motian. As you’d expect, drums are prominent. (5:47) 8 Too slow. Some nice passages, but the whole is disjoint. Not the best vocal. (5:02) 9 ** Slow, elegant. Gorgeous trumpet accompanied only by piano. Part way in, they’re joined by soft drums and the merest hint of upright bass. Exquisite. (6:00) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Be Still My Soul | 5. | This Is My Father's World | |||
| 2. | High On A Mountain | 6. | Going Somewhere With You | |||
| 3. | God Be With You | 7. | Middle March | |||
| 4. | Barbara Allen | 8. | Living Streams | |||
| 9. | Whither Must I Wander? | |||||